First Financial Services
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About
First Financial Services provides pension consulting to retirement, profit‑sharing and 401(k) plans and also offers financial planning and consulting to individual clients and plan sponsors. For plan engagements the firm acknowledges fiduciary duties under ERISA and lists services such as Investment Policy Statement preparation, selection and monitoring of investment vehicles, and participant education workshops.
The firm does not provide discretionary investment management or custody; its advisory work focuses on setting asset‑allocation frameworks, reviewing mutual funds and ETFs, and monitoring investments in accordance with client‑established IPSs. Financial planning and consulting deliverables are written reports and recommendations that clients implement at their discretion rather than through firm‑directed trading.
Distinctive among firms in this category, First Financial Services’ personnel are also registered representatives of a broker‑dealer and licensed insurance agents, so implementation of recommendations can generate commissions and other transaction‑based compensation separate from advisory fees—a potential conflict the brochure discloses and which the firm addresses in its ERISA-related policies. The firm also commonly uses hourly and flat‑fee arrangements for planning and consulting and may structure pension engagements on an asset‑based or flat‑fee basis, while expressly not providing discretionary authority, custody, or performance‑based fees.
Client services
Expertise
Fee options
Flat fees range from $2,000 to $100,000+ for Pension Consulting; $250 to $1,000 for Financial Planning and Consulting Services
0.10% to 1.25% of Plan assets (negotiable, depending on scope and duration)
Commissions earned by associated persons for securities transactions separate from advisory fees
$150 to $250 per hour for Financial Planning and Consulting Services
Fee-only: Financial Planning fees charged on hourly basis ($150 to $250 per hour) or fixed fee basis ($250 to $1,000)
Main office
38 Kings Highway
Hauppage NY 11788
Advisors at this office
3
Most active in
New York
Also doing business as
First Financial Services · William A. Russell, Inc.
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